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Pete Giftopoulos

Giftopoulos, Peter
Height: 6-3 Weight: 240
Born: June 14, 1965 Hamilton, ON
High School: Cathedral (Hamilton, ON)

Year	College	Status
1984	Penn State
1985	Penn State	Lettered
1986	Penn State	Lettered
1987	Penn State	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (6th overall) 1988 Saskatchewan Roughriders

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1988 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1988 HAM CFL	90	LB	8
1989 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1989 HAM CFL	90	LB	18
1990 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1990 HAM CFL	90	OLB	16
1991 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1991 HAM CFL	90	ILB	15
1992 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1992 HAM CFL	90	MLB	11
1993 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1993 HAM CFL	62	LOT	18
1994 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1994 HAM CFL	62	ROG	18
1995 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1995 HAM CFL	90	LB	16
8 Years (CFL)8 Years CFL			120

Transaction	Date	Team
Signed		1988 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1988 PIT NFL
Draft	3/5/1988	1988 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1988 SAS CFL
Released		1988 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1988 PIT NFL
Signed		1988 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1988 SAS CFL
Traded		1988 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1988 HAM CFL
Free Agent		1992 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1992 HAM CFL
Signed		1993 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1993 HAM CFL
Free Agent		1994 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1994 HAM CFL
Signed		1995 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1995 HAM CFL
Released		1996 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1996 HAM CFL

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1989 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1989 HAM CFL	2	-1	-0.5	-1	0
1991 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1991 HAM CFL	3	28	9.3	19	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	5	27	5.4	19	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1988 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1988 HAM CFL	1	-	5	5.0	5	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	1		5	5.0	5	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1989 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1989 HAM CFL	1	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
1991 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1991 HAM CFL	1	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	2		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
1988 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1988 HAM CFL	1.0
1989 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1989 HAM CFL	2.0
1990 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1990 HAM CFL	3.0
1991 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1991 HAM CFL	1.0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	7.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1989 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1989 HAM CFL	0	0	0	3	3	8	0
1990 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1990 HAM CFL	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
1992 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1992 HAM CFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	0	0	0	6	6	8	0

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	MT	QH	TFL	FF	PD	BL
1988 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1988 HAM CFL	1			-
1989 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1989 HAM CFL	42			-
1990 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1990 HAM CFL	77			-
1991 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1991 HAM CFL	63	62	1	-		6
1992 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1992 HAM CFL	16	15	1	-		1
1993 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1993 HAM CFL	17	2	15	-		0
1994 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1994 HAM CFL	16	2	14	-		0		0
1995 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1995 HAM CFL	15	8	7	-		0		0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	247	89	38			7		0

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